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- Project Cost and Funding Sources
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Downtown Express I-25 HOV
Benefits of the Downtown Express
- Shortens commute tome
Bus/HOV commuters typically save as much as 5 to 10 minutes travel time during rush hour, with savings when accidents or severs weather slow general auto traffic. - Improves air quality
the travel tome savings is attracting commuters from their cars to buses and HOVs, which will reduce carbon monoxide and particulate pollution in downtown Denver. - Increases I-25 capacity
The two bus/HOV lanes can carry as many people as four general traffic lanes; increased HOV usage will reduce the number of cars in general.
Project Cost and Funding Sources
| Capital Cost | $228 million | |
| Funding | ||
| Federal Transit Administration | $70 million | |
| Regional Transportation District | $54 million | |
| Colorado Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration | $84 million | |
| City and County of Denver | $20 million | |
| Coordination was required with the following groups and organizations to insure success of the project | |
| Colorado Department of Transportation | Union Pacific Railroad |
| City and County of Denver | Urban Drainage and Flood Control |
| Federal Transit Administration | Corps of Engineers |
| Federal Highway Administration | Denver Union Terminal |
| Adams County | North Larimer Business District |
| Denver City and Council | State Engineers Office |
| Denver Mayor's Office | State Health Department |
| City of Northglenn | Environmental Protection Agency |
| City of Thornton | Denver planning Board |
| City of Westminster | AMTRAK |
| Huron Heights Neighborhood | Denver Urban Renewal Authority |
| Highland Neighborhood | Glacier Park |
| Globeville Neighborhood | Denver Wastewater |
| Lower Downtown | US West |
| Downtown Denver, Inc. | Platte River greenway Foundation |
| DRCOG | I-25 Interscape Program |
| Public Service | Denver Parks and Recreation |
| DEFEND | Colorado State Patrol |
| Metro Sewer | Denver Police and Fire Department |
| Denver Water Board | State Historic Preservation Organization |
| Burlington Northern Railroad | Colorado Baseball Commission |
| D&RGW Railroad | |
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